THE artisans OF GUANACASTE

y Costa Rican standards, Santa Cruz is a dry town. Not in an alcoholic sense — the city’s annual bull-riding bacchanal is notorious — but dry in that it gets little rain compared with so much of the rest of the country. Here you’ll find desiccated forests and pastures, dusty cowboys and ears of corn growing high in the sun. You’ll also find a lot of locals with specific